Regardless of your personal thoughts on if we are living in a post-Christian America or not, operating a church in today's economy and politically charged climate is challenging. Inflation is still plaguing many Americans, with a 12-month percentage change of 6.4% in January 2023, biting into …

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Recently a valued and dedicated volunteer approached me moments before a church service and asked me why we had not mentioned an upcoming co-ed Bible study. I was taken aback by the comment because we promoted the study on social media, the website, the weekly email to the congregation, the TVs in …

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I'm under the weather. The ball is in your court. Sit tight. They're pulling your leg. The writing is on the wall. I'm sure you have used or heard someone say something like this. These idioms are phrases where the meaning is not directly related to the words used, like "It's written in stone." This …

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I live in a town where traffic is mostly awful. It can take up to 45 minutes to get home from work - I only work 7 miles from home. Beyond the sheer number of drivers on the road during peak commute times, part of the problem is that the signal lights need to be synchronized to keep traffic moving …

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Building a church budget is a long journey filled with hopes and dreams of creative and new ways to accomplish the church's mission, vision, and goals for the upcoming year. In many instances, the entire process can take up to five months. As taught in Session 101, the church budget starts by …

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Church budgeting Session 101 provided a solid foundation for creating the annual church budget. It supplied a working definition that a church budget is a cash flow plan to maximize the finances God entrusted to the church to accomplish the mission. The actionable items in Session 101 were …

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